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Raw Story has a couple of promising pieces out regarding the Supreme Court hearing today about Texas-based Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s attempt to impose a nationwide ban on the “morning after” abortion pill Mifepristone. From the first, we hear about...
by Irontortoise
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on Tue Mar 26, 2024 at 08:03 PM PDT
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By� Shefali Luthra
Originally published by The 19th
CVS and Walgreens will start dispensing mifepristone, one of the medications used to induce an abortion, in stores this month.
The news ...
by The19th
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on Sat Mar 02, 2024 at 09:55 AM PST
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Republicans on the Supreme Court are, it appears, planning to gut most of America’s regulatory agencies, in what could be the most consequential re-write of the protective “deep state” since it was largely created during the New Deal in the 1930s. The...
by thomhartmann
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on Wed Jan 17, 2024 at 08:03 AM PST
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The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to take up a dispute over a medication used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, its first abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade last year. The justices will hear appeals from the...
by Associated Press
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on Wed Dec 13, 2023 at 08:45 AM PST
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A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press ...
by Associated Press
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on Sat Nov 18, 2023 at 12:00 PM PST
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by Anna Maria Barry-Jester ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive ...
by ProPublica
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on Sat Oct 07, 2023 at 01:00 PM PDT
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The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna and Pfizer...
by Associated Press
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on Mon Sep 11, 2023 at 11:49 AM PDT
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Updated COVID-19 vaccines �are coming soon, just in time to pair them with flu shots. And this fall, the first vaccines for another scary virus called RSV are rolling out to older adults ...
by Associated Press
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on Sun Sep 10, 2023 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Actors on strike Contraceptives for sale GOP megadonors blown off New U.S. House maps for NY Free tuition at UNC Biden's new student loan repayment plan And much more... We not only cover a whole bunch of news stories on today's BradCast, we also...
by TheBradBlog
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on Sat Jul 15, 2023 at 12:47 PM PDT
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U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, which will let American women and girls buy contraceptive medication from the same aisle as aspirin and eyedrops.
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by Associated Press
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on Thu Jul 13, 2023 at 06:22 AM PDT
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Guest: Dan Vicuña, Nat'l Redistricting Manager at Common Cause... It's another red alert day on The BradCast today, regarding the precedent crushing plans of our stolen, corrupted and packed Rightwing U.S. Supreme Court majority. They've got two...
by TheBradBlog
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on Mon May 01, 2023 at 06:42 PM PDT
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I will write more about the Supreme Court ruling barring the Texas mifepristone decision from going into effect while the appeals process continues, but in light of the ruling I want to talk a bit ...
by ramara
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on Sat Apr 22, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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UPDATE: Wednesday, Apr 19, 2023 · 9:41:37 PM +00:00 · Laughing Gravy The CDC on Wednesday endorsed the FDA’s recommendation that older and immunocompromised Americans be given a second dose of the bivalent COVID vaccine, according to the New York...
by Laughing Gravy
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on Tue Apr 18, 2023 at 10:14 PM PDT
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Also: Democracy, accountability, corruption and hypocrisy news from Sudan to Russia to SCOTUS and beyond... Just to be clear, while we're debating whether California's senior Democratic Senator should step down on today's BradCast, the longest-serving...
by TheBradBlog
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on Mon Apr 17, 2023 at 06:26 PM PDT
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I have been thinking about the Judge in Texas who is seeking to oveerturn the FDA approval of mifepristone that has been approved for 20 years as safe and effective. Suppose another Judge decides that the Boing 737 airplane that has been approved by...
by AZAFVET
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on Sun Apr 16, 2023 at 12:23 PM PDT
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A drug manufacturer asked the Supreme Court on Friday to preserve access to its abortion drug free from restrictions imposed by lower court rulings, while a legal fight continues. Danco Laboratories filed its emergency request with the high court less...
by Associated Press
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on Fri Apr 14, 2023 at 07:05 AM PDT
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Conservatives aren’t just trying to ban the abortion pill, mifepristone, from the market. They’re trying to gut the entire FDA. They’ve been against progressive government in all of its forms, and that includes Teddy Roosevelt’s term. The Pure Food and...
by novapsyche
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on Tue Apr 11, 2023 at 09:24 AM PDT
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Guest: Kassie Siegel of Center for Biological Diversity Also: Ernie Canning on Friday's medical abortion ruling in TX, and a challenge to ID's outrageous restrictions on doctors’ free speech... We've got two guests on today's BradCast, both attorneys,...
by TheBradBlog
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on Mon Apr 10, 2023 at 06:51 PM PDT
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In the worst federal abortion ruling since Roe v. Wade was overturned, Trump appointee Matthew Kacsmaryk, District Court Judge for the Northern District of Texas, revoked the U.S. Food and Drug ...
by Erin Tulley
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on Tue Apr 11, 2023 at 06:00 AM PDT
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The Washington Post is reporting that a federal judge in Texas has blocked FDA approval of a key abortion medication: A federal judge in Texas blocked U.S. government approval of a key abortion medication Friday, siding with abortion foes in an...
by Charles Jay
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on Fri Apr 07, 2023 at 04:16 PM PDT
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